CORRECTIONS, 2/06/2025
Tuesday’s Curious Index included an item implying that Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio beats his wife. We apologize for this grievous mischaracterization and any pain it may have caused the Dantonio family. The offending passage should have indicated that Mark Dantonio beats the wife of any man who crosses him. We regret the error.
In Friday’s “POOF! There it is: Coaching Magic Tricks in 5 Minutes” piece, we incorrectly identified a simple card illusion performed by new coach Lane Kiffin as “How to Shove Twelve and a Half Inches of Blustery Overexcitement Up Your Own Rectum So Far You Taste The Foretip fo the Cock Of Failure in The Back Of Your Throat In Just 45 Easy Seconds.”
The actual name of the illusion is the “Elmsley Pass.” Also, Kiffin’s representatives were adamant that we refer to it not as a “trick” but instead as “an illusion.” We regret both errors.
Last night’s You’ve Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me Thursday lead item failed to suggest that Google News headline “Nutt picks up huge commit in Cotton” carried with it any sort of hideously inappropriate sexual connotation. We regret the error.
Tuesday’s Fidgeting Digits Column misapplied the laws of genetics in working out a hypothetical blood type problem using Bobby Petrino. (more…)